IND vs AUS, 1st Test: Preview, stats, and Fantasy XI

Pitch report, timing, and broadcast details

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The Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur, which usually offers a spin-friendly surface, will host the duel. Sides batting first have won three of the six Tests here with 324 being the average first-innings score.

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Here's the head-to-head record

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India and Australia have crossed swords in a total of 102 Tests so far. The Aussies have had the wood over the Indians, having won 43 of them

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Both sides missing key players

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While India's dashing wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant will miss the entire series, speedster Jasprit Bumrah is at least out of the first two games. Shreyas Iyer will also miss the opener.

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A look at the Probable XI of both sides

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India (Probable XI): Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill/ Suryakumar Yadav, KS Bharat (Wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav

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Australia (Probable XI): Usman Khawaja, David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Alex Carey (Wicketkeeper), Travis Head, Matt Renshaw, Ashton Agar, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins (Captain), Scott Boland

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Here are the key performers

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Steve Smith owns 660 runs in six Tests in India with the help of three tons and a fifty. Nathan Lyon has done well on spin-friendly Indian tracks, scalping 34 wickets in seven Tests.

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